Cosmic Ruler
Chapter 545 - 545: Realm X

Aiden's sword clashed against Equilibrium's raised hand.

No explosion. No shockwave. No distortion of space.

And yet—

The entire multiverse shuddered.

The forces that had held reality together for eternity wavered.

Equilibrium tilted its head.

It did not recoil. It did not react in pain.

But for the first time, it analyzed.

"You are an anomaly that should not exist."

Aiden grinned. "Yeah? And?"

—𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The force of Balance descended again, attempting to erase Aiden from existence.

But this time—

Nothing happened.

Aiden remained.

His sword, now glowing with a light neither divine nor abyssal, pulsed with something entirely new.

The concept of True Freedom.

Aiden had broken the cycle.

He was no longer bound by fate, no longer tethered to the laws of reality.

He was beyond.

Equilibrium's form flickered.

It raised its hand again—

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

Aiden's sword pierced through it.

Balance staggered.

It had no pain. No emotion. No will.

And yet—

It was changing.

For the first time in eternity—

Balance was forced to adapt.

—𝘞𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The void around them collapsed into pure light.

The Overvoid, the Watcher, even the fractured remains of creation disappeared.

And Aiden was left standing in an infinite nothingness.

Equilibrium reformed, its body still without features, its presence still beyond comprehension.

But something had shifted.

It acknowledged him now.

And that changed everything.

"You have done the impossible," Equilibrium said. "You have wounded Balance."

Aiden rested his sword on his shoulder. "Good. Let's see if I can break it."

Equilibrium did not move.

It did not attack.

It did not speak.

Because for the first time—

It had to decide.

Aiden had forced Balance to make a choice.

And in that moment—

The final battle for reality began.

Aiden's sword clashed with the very essence of Balance.

A collision beyond space and time.

Beyond concepts.

Beyond existence itself.

And yet—he endured.

Equilibrium was shifting.

Not by will.

Not by desire.

But by necessity.

For the first time since the dawn of creation, Balance had encountered a force it could not simply correct.

It had encountered True Freedom.

"This reality is unsustainable."

Equilibrium's voice echoed across the endless void.

Aiden grinned, his body flickering between infinite versions of himself.

"But it's free."

"Chaos is inevitable."

"Maybe." He lifted his sword. "But isn't that the point?"

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

Aiden's blade pierced the void.

Not at Equilibrium.

Not at reality.

But at the very concept that bound it all together.

The system of Balance itself.

"What are you doing?"

Equilibrium moved.

For the first time, it was no longer simply enforcing.

It was reacting.

—𝘞𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Aiden twisted his blade, and the structure of reality fractured.

The laws that dictated existence—the foundation that had kept everything in equilibrium—

Began to break.

The chains of causality.

The weight of predestination.

The infinite, preordained cycles.

All of them—shattered.

And in their place?

Something new.

Something never before seen.

A world where neither fate nor balance held dominion.

A world where true choice reigned supreme.

Aiden stepped forward, his body glowing with the limitless potential of an unshackled reality.

Equilibrium—no, Balance itself—stood motionless.

Not destroyed.

Not erased.

But forced to evolve.

And Aiden?

He had already moved forward.

The void trembled.

A new existence had begun.

The void no longer held him.

Aiden stepped into the new existence—a reality unbound by the constraints of the past.

The moment his feet touched this new plane, he felt it.

Power beyond anything he had ever known.

This was no longer a world where gods reigned supreme.

This was something greater.

A universe where beings surpassed divinity itself.

Where the very concepts of creation, destruction, and eternity were no longer mere forces but sentient entities.

And he had just entered Stage One.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The air itself cracked as he breathed.

His very presence disrupted the natural order of this place.

His sword pulsed at his side, now more than just a weapon—it was a keystone to this reality.

But he was not alone.

The moment he arrived, they noticed him.

—𝘏𝘜𝘔𝘔—

Entities of pure existence turned their gazes upon him.

Some were formless.

Some were entire galaxies given will.

Some took the shape of infinite beings, their mere presence rewriting the fabric of the cosmos.

One of them, a colossal titan of shifting starlight, regarded him with a voice that echoed across dimensions.

"A new force has entered the game."

Aiden smirked, his sword gleaming with the infinite potential of true freedom.

"Not a force." He stepped forward, the ground beneath him forming simply because he willed it.

"A player."

And in that instant—

The greatest battlefield of existence welcomed its newest contender.

Aiden felt the universe shift around him.

This was not like any realm he had encountered before.

The power dynamics here were beyond divinity—beyond mere concepts of gods and immortals.

Here, entities didn't just control laws.

They were the embodiment of laws themselves.

And now, he stood at the threshold of something far greater.

—𝘞𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

A force surged toward him—something vast, formless, yet undeniably aware.

It wasn't an attack.

It was recognition.

A welcoming force, acknowledging his existence in this realm.

But not everyone was pleased.

A figure emerged from the fabric of reality itself, their form shifting between infinity and nothingness.

A being whose very presence erased lesser truths from existence.

"You do not belong here."

Aiden exhaled, his breath causing space itself to tremble.

His sword pulsed—not as a weapon, but as a declaration.

"I do now."

—𝘏𝘜𝘔𝘔—

A ripple spread through the void.

More entities took notice.

Some watched with curiosity.

Some with amusement.

And some with hostility.

Because in this realm, power was not merely held.

It was contested.

And Aiden, the newest player, had just placed his first piece on the board.

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—

The sky split apart.

The first challenger had arrived.

Aiden stood firm as the sky above ruptured, spilling forth a presence unlike any other.

A towering figure descended from the heavens, their form woven from the very essence of the cosmos.

Their eyes, if they could be called that, gleamed with the weight of eternity, as if they had seen countless cycles of creation and destruction.

This was no ordinary challenger.

This was a being that had ascended beyond mere cosmic authority.

One of the Ten Arch-Lords of the Boundless Realm.

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